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Not held in other editions
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Individual, Men

Date18 September 1988
StatusOlympic (non-medal)
LocationRo-yal Bol-ling Sen-ta, Seoul
Participants12 from 12 countries

Bowling was a demonstration sport for the only time at the 1988 Olympics. There were 12 men competing, who bowled a 10-game qualifying tournament, with the top three qualifiers advancing to a stepladder format to determine the top three places. Qualifying was led by Singapore’s Jack Loke Chin, with 2,435 for the 10 games. In the first stepladder match Korean Kwon Jong-Ryul defeated Finland’s Tapani Peltola, 177-165. Kwon then went on to defeat Loke Chin twice to win the title.

PosCompetitorNOC
1Kwon Jong-RyulKOR
2Jack WongSGP
3Tapani PeltolaFIN
4Philippe DuboisFRA
5Kanesumi MoriJPN
6Mark LewisUSA
7Luis ValdezPUR
8Cheng Tsung-ChengTPE
9Walter CostaBRA
10Wolfgang StrupfFRG
11Christer DanielssonSWE
12Marcos BrosensARG

Qualifying Round

Date18 September 1988
FormatTop three qualify for final round.
PosCompetitorNOCPins
1Jack WongSGP2,435Q
2Kwon Jong-RyulKOR2,333Q
3Tapani PeltolaFIN2,274Q
4Philippe DuboisFRA2,261
5Kanesumi MoriJPN2,248
6Mark LewisUSA2,237
7Luis ValdezPUR2,209
8Cheng Tsung-ChengTPE2,165
9Walter CostaBRA2,154
10Wolfgang StrupfFRG2,101
11Christer DanielssonSWE2,084
12Marcos BrosensARG2,032

Final Round

Date18 September 1988
FormatStepladder format.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorNOCResultCompetitorNOC
Match #118 SepKwon Jong-RyulKOR177 – 165Tapani PeltolaFIN
Match #218 SepKwon Jong-RyulKOR236 – 194Jack WongSGP
Match #318 SepKwon Jong-RyulKOR254 – 223Jack WongSGP